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Where does “disan” come from?

disan (Old English) comes from Old English dise, from Proto-Germanic disanō — distaff.

Ancestry of “disan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishdisebunch of flax on a distaff
2Proto-Germanicdisanōdistaff

Words derived from “disan”

  • bedizen
  • dize
  • dizen
  • bedizenment
  • endizen
  • disen
Every word from Proto-Germanic disanō →